Before starting math class last week, six Ridgway middle-schoolers carefully chose their spots in the shady space outside the school building, clipboards and pencils in hand. Each wore a mask as they...

Campgrounds are full, Jeeps and paddleboards are in short supply, and local outdoor recreation businesses are seeing more customers than past years, as people opt for trips to less populated areas wit...

A dispute over who had the right-of-way on a local Jeep trail led to an arrest for alleged assault last week. Congested routes and lack of following trail etiquette led to the incident. On Saturday, a...

A woman visiting from Texas back in July is the latest person confirmed to have had coronavirus with a test performed here in Ouray County. Though her positive test won't officially count as a Ouray C...

A trial is scheduled for next year to determine whether the city of Ouray and a contractor are liable for the damage caused when raw sewage from a municipal sewer line backed up into the Timber last y...

When the coronavirus pandemic struck this spring, Lisa and Cordell Balcombe lost their jobs and they saw their dream of homeownership slip further away. The Balcombes and their 8-year-old son, Hunter,...

Ridgway School District Superintendent Susan Lacy is asking for patience from the School Board in the coming weeks as she and her staff work to develop a concrete plan on the reopening of school sched...

Ouray School students will be able to choose between in-person or fully online courses this fall, under a draft plan released this week outlining protocols for reopening the school. But the students w...

Ouray County commissioners fielded more complaints Tuesday about an oft-criticized marijuana grow facility on Log Hill Mesa, while also hearing concerns about a proposed retail marijuana store in Colo...

GUNNISON A Gunnison County Sheriff’s deputy has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into his social media account. However in the initial hours of the inve...

Identity of man found dead at reservoir remains unknown The identity of an 82-year-old Montrose County man who was found dead at Ridgway Reservoir on July 15 remains unknown. The Ouray County Coroner’...

The monsoonal rains that soaked Ouray County the last two weeks provided a desperately needed respite from the hot, dry conditions that have dominated since the spring. But long-term relief from the d...

Ouray County officials shelved a proposal to require masks in outdoor spaces in Ouray and Ridgway, but made plans to maintain tighter restrictions than the statewide mask order, citing ongoing concern...

More than a month after Ouray County asked the state for permission to allow increased capacity at pools, the state health department denied the request. The decision sunk hopes of allowing more than...

Mudslides have forced the closure of several routes in the area on Monday afternoon, after days of significant precipitation in Ouray County. U.S. 550 south of Ouray near mile marker 83 has been close...

Ouray County officials have been waiting for more than a month to find out if state health officials will allow expanded capacity at pools including the Ouray Hot Springs Pool and Orvis Hot Springs. T...

GUNNISON While education has been the first approach to enforcing a county-wide mask mandate, local government leaders are putting business owners on notice — and just like any education — there will ...

Conflicts over mask requirements led a convenience store to temporarily close in Ridgway last week. Customer who tried to visit the Ridgway Conoco station found the parking lot taped off, the gas pump...

Ridgway and Ouray schools both plan on providing in-person instruction to students this fall, but parents have other options if they’re not comfortable sending their students back to the classroom. Ne...

The Ouray County Planning Commission received training in government ethics from County Attorney Carol Viner on Tuesday. The commission learned how basic laws from the Colorado Constitution and statut...